When life gave Bandai Namco a Lemon Sky… (Couldn’t resist that!).

It’s a momentous event when BANDAI NAMCO signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Lemon Sky Animation Sdn Bhd. In attendance was Dato’ Yasmin Mahmood, CEO of Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC), who witnessed the exchange of signatures between Mr. Cheng Fei Wong and Mr. Nakatani Hajime, CEOs of Lemon Sky and BANDAI NAMCO Studios respectively. With this big break, Lemon Sky will kick start their entry into full-fledged games development, and will be forming a new content creation team in charge of helping in the development of BANDAI NAMCO games in 2015.

This move will open up possibilities for more Malaysian companies and Lemon Sky CEO, Mr. Cheng Fei Wong, agrees as much. “It’s an exciting prospect for our company as we are always looking for ways to raise the bar for Malaysia’s games industry. BANDAI NAMCO Studios is a global powerhouse in game development, and given our position as the biggest game production house in the country, this is a good platform, great opportunity and a strategic move to broaden our market in South East Asia,” he said. He also likens it to levelling up in a game; that the MoU is that level up for the Malaysian games industry.

For many, BANDAI NAMCO needs no introducing. The company is among the top in the world when it comes to games development and publishing. The PAC-MAN we remember fondly from our childhood, Tekken, SOULCALIBUR, NARUTO, and more are all games developed by them.

While for those who are not familiar with the local games development scene, meet Lemon Sky Sdn Bhd, the biggest name and company in games and animation. Fans of BANDAI NAMCO’s “Tales of” series will be pleasantly surprised to know that Lemon Sky had a hand in the development of “Tales of Zestiria”, plus a number of AAA titles.